Nutt Ziden Helen 1969 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

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The Ziden L

Nutt Family

R. R. 2, Box 164

Lowell,

Indiana - 46356

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WITNESSING TO RHODESIA

Holding

Forth

The

Word

Of ife

- Philippians 2:16 -

The

ZIDEN L. NUTT Family

4

Forwarding Address:

R. R.

2.

Box 164

LOWELL. INDIANA 46356

March 5 , 1969

Field

Address:

CHIDAMQYQ

MISSION

P/BAG 38 KAROI

RHODESIA. AFRICA

De a r Co -Wo r k e r :

I t i s with joy

t ha t

we again

send

gree t ings your way

in

Chr i s t .

I t

i s good to be among

many

of you to repor t of the work accomplished by

God through your-willingness

to send.

I ve traveled 33,000 -miles in 6|-

months v i s i t i ng churches , and in th e nex t months ll be in

te n

con

fe rences p lus

numerous

s ing le n igh t

se rv ices . ll be

with

Helen

and

the ch i ld ren

fo r

7 days dur ing t h i s

t ime.

At the end of

th i s

t ime we ' l l

move out of the

love ly

mobile home provided fo r us by th e R ine hart

Chris t ian Church, and

wi l l

t r ave l to churches as a family

in

the

summer.

VBS

MISSION MATERIAL

VBS

Mate r i a l , I n

th e

form

o f co lo r

in g

books

wi l l

be

a v a i l a b l e .

There

are

te n

p i c t u r e s

to

co lo r ,

wi th a

miss ion s t o r y wi th each

one .

t

f ea tu res

Chldamoyo, and even if

your o f f e r i ng i s a l r eady committed

feel

f r e e

t o

u se t h e book s .

O t h e r -

w5.se

th e o f f e r i ng s wi l l

be

used to

buy t i cke t s

fo r our

family to

re

turn

t o Rho d e s i a .

The s e b o o k s c an

also be

used in

Sunday Schools or

Youth

programs, and

can be ordered

a t RR 2, Box 164, Lowell ,

Indiana ,

46356. So

t h a t you

can be

assured

of having enough

books for your

VBS,

be

s u r e t o

o r d e r

now.

RHODESIAN

NEWSFLASHES

Char l es

Kel ley

o f

Chldamoyo wri tes ,

The

rains

have

been

most

heavy

t h i s yea r At l e a s t

t h r e e nev/

p r e a cn i ng po i n t s have

been s t a r t e d

in th e pa s t 3 months as a

d i r e c t

resu l t

of the

hosp i ta l

minis t ry .

Dale

Marsha l l , in Sino ia , works

no t on ly

with many Af r i c an chu rches

but

also

with

a

European

church

r ecen t ly s t a r t ed . He r epor t s ,

The

European vjork

cont inues

to

keep

our

heads

swimming.

Altoge ther

nov/

t he re

have been

21

to

accep t

Christ

i n

this c h u r c h .

We are

happy to be associated with you in

Witnessing

to Rhodesia,

and as we continue to report , and

prepare

to

return

to

Africa,

we look

toward a great increase to be given by God in that area. May God

rich

ly bless our

labors

to His glory; And

may

He bless you

in

your love and

wil l ingness

to make th is work

possible .

Your Evange l i s t to

Rhodes ia ,

Zic^n L. Nutt

and

Family

Affiliated With Central Africa Mission, Churches of Christ


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The

Ziden

Nutt

Family

R. R.

2

Box

164

Lowell,

Indiana

- 46356

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REQUESTED

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S. Postage Paid

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WITNESSING

TO

RHODESIA

Holding

Forth

The Word

Of

ife

- Philippians 2:16 -

The ZIDEN L.

NUTT

Family

Forwarding Address:

R. R.

Box 164

LOWELL, INDIANA 46356

June

11

1969

Field Address:

CHIDAMOYO MISSION

P/BAG 38

KAROI

RHODESIA AFRICA

Dea r

Ch r i s t i a n

F r i e n d s

Creet ing:s In th e

name

o f

Chr i s t .

The

months

o f our fu r lough

are _

coming to a close . Lord w i l ling our

Idhgihg o

re-curn t o

Rhod e s i a

will

s o o n be

fulfilled P l a n s call

for

u s to

be on o u r

v;a/ immediately follovi/ing

the

22 nd Nat iona l

Missionary

Convention

i n

Knoxv i l l e

Tennessee

which i s Sep tember 23 -

26.

As

we p re s s

on

toward t h a t goa l we a re aware

o f the v/onderfu l

f a c t

t h a t

th rough your p raye r s and

suppo r t we

have

the

p r i v i l e ge

o f

be i ng

your evange l i s t s to Rhodes ia . t i s a p le a su re to

s e r ve

wi th

you in

th e

evange l i z a t i on

o f

Rhodes ia

and

we

a re

most

exc i t ed about th e oppor tun i t i e s be fore

us

as we en t e r S in oia a re a.

FLANS

FOR W ITN ESS

As

your

e vange l i s t s it is o f u tmos t impor t ance t h a t we s e r ve

where we fee l God can use us bes t to ga ther

f ru i t

to abound unto

your account. With most of the physical developement at Chida-

moyo Mission

accomplished,

the s tage

i s s e t fo r

a

g rea t ha rves t

under the capab le

l eade r sh ip o f the mis s i on a r i e s and Afr i can

l eade r s t h a t ye t remain i n

t h a t

a r e a .

Rapid growth in th e Sino ia a r e a

s i nce

th e Dale Marsha l l

f ami l y

a rr iv ed th ere i n

1966

demands a

s t r ong

chu rch

l e a d e r sh i p

to

be

deve loped . Our immedia te t a sk upon

a r r i v a l w i l l be

to

help in a

concen t r a t ed e f f o r t to t r a i n l eade r sh ip in th e some 32 s c a t t e r ed

chu r che s many

which

have r e c e n t l y sp rung up t h rough

new conve r t s .

Sino ia

itself has

a popula t ion

o f about

1500

Europeans

and

6000

Afr i c an s . t i s

120

mi le s from th e

Chidamoyo

Miss ion where

we

p rev i ou s l y

l i v ed and s e r v ed .

F ILMSTRIP PRODUCTION

A most e f fec t ive

teaching a id

among the people

of Africa i s

the

f i lms t r i p ;

both

in new

a rea evangel ism

and in

es t ab l i s h ing

a

church

l e ade r sh ip . We

a re c on fid en t

t h a t

God

v/ i l l

su pp ly th e

funds fo r the necessary

equipment

and give guidance to th i s

end.

Affiliated

With Central

Africa Mission, Churches of Christ


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witnessing; To

Rhodesia - 2 - June 11 1969

wil l give

ourselves to this program

in

conjunction v/ith

the

church

leadership programs

and nevi area evangelism. This

w i l l take

a

g re a t d ea l o f

f a i t h

in

God

from

a l l

of

us

t h a t

He

might supply the

st rength

and guidance to accomplish th i s

venture . I t i s

unlimited in

t s

scope

and magnitude

and

we

p ray t h a t

God

w i l l make

you

and us e qua l to th e t a s k

2 2 m

NATIONAL MISSIONARY COMVEIITIGM

Plans

a re shap ing up

wel l

fo r th e Convention in Knoxvi l l e j

And as Chairman t h i s

y ea r ex t ra

t ime and

e f f o r t

has been in

vo lve d The many

commit tees

a re

doin^ a

f i n e

job tow ard a

wonder fu l

t ime o f i n sp i r a t i o n and i n fo rma t io n We hope to

have the o pp or tu nity o f se ein g many o f you there j u s t before

o ur

de pa r t u r e to

A f r i c a

HEW ADDRESSES

Our new f i e l d

a dd r e s s

v ; i l l

be

P O Box 3 9 2 S i n o i a

Rhodes ia

A f r i c a Also

though our

fo rw a rd in g a g en ts have no t

moved a

new a d d r e s s

w i l l

be

used

fro m A ugust

1

1969 due

to a P la nn ing

Commission who j u s t informed us t h a t the nev/ address w i l l

be

15505 Cl ine Ave. Lovirell I n d i a n a 46356.

To

each o f

you our

suppo r t i ng

c hu r c he s

groups and

f r i e n d s

we

say

a

h e a r t y thank

you

a ga i n fo r th e p r i v i l e g e o f se rv in g wi th

you. As we p r ay e r f u l l y ap pro ac h ou r r e tu rn to A fr ica I

t h ink

o f th e

words

o f Vlfilllam Carey years

ago

as he thought o f h is

going to

a

foreign f ie ld : Out in India i s

a

gold mine.

I wil l

descend and

dig but

you

a t

home

must

hold the ropes.

May od

b l e s s our v en tu r in g with you to win sou l s in A fr i c a

Your

B r o t h e r

i n C h r i s t

Ziden

L.

N u t t

F a m i l y


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The Ziden L. Nutt Family

R. R. 2, Box

164

Lowell, Indiana 46356

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o f Address

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D ea r C o W o rk ers :

^

1 V

qhgni ^ r

graciously

opened

their

home to us until the

one we/êiêntedi^

ready.

Housing is very

critical

in

Sinoia,

and

there are

noqe

f n d the

only one to rent was the one we are going to move in tor-- : i^^r , the owner

is to replace broken

glass,

and

repair

the leaking roof

and falling

ceiling

before

we

move.

We

will

have

i t painted

and

then we will

be

a ll

set.

I m

making

my

office

and

fllmstrip

production

studio

in

the European church

bu i l d i ng

downtown

S ino i a

We were given an

official welcome

by about 200 African people

who

are hold

ing a week-end meeting here;in Sinoia.

Some were

here from Chidamoyo as

Tnp Lorri ?=, npl

a

wonderful

joy It is to

see

everyone here

again.

This

com-

ng Lord 3 Day, there is to be a tea given by the European church eroun

Your

prayers

for

the

work here

are

vital,

and we do

beLech

yoS to^pây

that we can be used

of

God to encourage the Christians.

Andf

tha? thrLgh

?he mSrchurchL ' ' ûild up

a leadership

among

all

fntt?e ?eftJ^t

like

it

very

well.

Lynda

feels

settied\i' fhCu^;.'' ^d^^î:\^:iDirip'iri'of ii

.Tttir

and''retuMing''to^fihod to get the

many

details

of

moving

na

returning to

Rhodesia in ord.eh. Our vehicles were keot

safelv

wbtip

we v/ere away,

but

we

must

repair several things

and get

tires

before

'we

rIspOTse to kDrn 1 Sâ-^t.iQn and pa-yagjC..a gallon>-but

with

tL

the'pr^L

?o

pet ?Sre g


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SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO HOSPITAL DONORS

We were found praising and giving glory to GOD the last i>-truxy

following the pjjg^rig^f the..-hoapi--ta-L--GGnstruction debt.

Many

individuals thfougHoTiL the IT.S.A. served r^f^ Sentatives

01 the Chidamoyo

hospital

Medical Fund. WALTER BIRNEY worked hard

along with the

Copeland

people to head

up

a special drive. Thanks

to everyone

who

led out

in

prayer

and support

as well as to each

01

the

d i f f e r e n t

ones

who

made

th e

donations. Over 600 different

g ro up s, c hu rc he s, or i nd iv i dua l s

made cont r ibut ions; And a l e t t e r

was

s en t to each when th e deb t

was pa id . Hov/ever some

have

asked

how t h e i r

Sta t e ranked in

g iv ing .

A

t o t a l

of

21 S t a t e s

had sent contributions and the

top

ten

are recorded on

this

page.

The

to ta l

of these and

the

other

J^P^ssented to ta l contributions

of $110,967.28 for the Chidarao5' o

Medical

Fund.

Actually another

$1,000.00 is needed for ceilings

which.were not

installed

and

this

is not in

the

debt

as

paid off.

However, i t actual ly is construct

ion but

will

be handlGd through

the Doctor in Charge when he sees

f i t to have i t done. All gifts for

the Chidamoyo Hospital

should

be

sent

direct

to Dr.

William

Nice

%Marg&ret Reed,

RR

2, Waterloo,

IndliRia

46793.

Dr.

Nice

and his

family

will

soon be going

to

Chidamoyo. Pray

for

them and

send your help along

their

way.

THE TOP

TEN

Illinois

I n d i a n a

Mi s s o u r i

Kans

a s

Oh i o

Ok l a h oma

Florida

Kentucky

M in n e s o ta

alifornia

21 ,660 .33

18 ,923 .50

15 ,176 .01

14 ,561 .69

12 ,565 .01

3 , 427 . 19

3 , 151 . 07

2 , 820 . 78

2 , 686 . 97

2 ,125 .78

I t s

been a

pleasure

serving

with you on this

project.

May

God

b l e s s

your

ef for t s

with

a f ru i t fu l minis t ry and an

e t e rna l

reward .

THANKS AGAIN

VENTURING WITH CHRIST

As we have discussed -with our regular supportinn^'churches and

announced through other newsletths, we a?e jofeing ?hrwhrL

the

burare'dL'-for'aNrn 'h'

presenting workiS

tLr'e

will T Lor^ NNh nths The Ivan Martin

family

q^

. , xlling to Sinoia also as soon as support

is

received

sohTOl

hn

f cnixoren hosp i ta l , and a shopping area. I t i s locatpd

iPn

orLlisbur7

Det-?' '

Capitol

City

1

baiisbury. Details

of our

part in

the work'there has been

in ofhlr

RhoSsia

t^ linn ^ Marshans came to

Ciio^ amo

Bing^

V

/

/ Gokwe

aroi

Sinoia

SINOIA

a l i s bu ry

Um t a l i

Gwe l

,Gu tu

Ennx Vi-c^or^a

lawayo

Nuanetsi

^Mashoko

^Hi^po Valley


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LOWELL, INDIANA 46356

Field Address :

P. 0. BOX 392, SINOIA

RHODESIA, AFRICA

D e a r

F r i e n d in hrist

Greet ings i n

the

name o f our

Lord,

from S i n o i a Rhodesia ,

fhough

T h a n k s g i v i n g l s _ n o t a h o li d a y h e r e we t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y

l a s t month t o spend t h e day w i t h th e

M a r s h a l l s

i n

s p e c i a l

thanks

g i v i n g

f o r t h e

many b l e s s i n g s

t h a t a r e

o u r s .

Among

t h o s e b l e s s i n g s

i s your

concern f o r

t h e going

on

o f

t h e work

o f C h r i s t i n Rhodesia ;

and

t h e j o y o f b e in g

your e v a n g e l i s ts t o

t h e s a v i n g o f s o u l s .

L o o k i n g O v e r

The Vvork

We used

t o

v i s i t

S i n o i a

b e g i n n i n g i n

1961, and

t h e n

t h e

Bruce

Ammerman

family

a l s o

helped

i n v is i t a ti o n a ft e r t h e i r a rr i v a l

a t Chidamoyo

i n

1963,

I n 1966, Dale and

Linda M a r s h a l l

came t o

l i v e

i n S i n o i a ; and

the work has

grown

so

r a p i d l y t h a t it

i s

n e c e s s a r y f o r B r o t h e r Dale t o a q u a i n t me a g a in w it h

the

work h e r e .

What God has been able

to

accomplish

through

th e Mars halls

i s

t r u l y amazing, and it i s a r e a l p r i v i l e g e f o r

us

t o work w i t h them.

With

32

p l a c e s t o v i s i t it h a s

t a k e n

s e v e r a l

weeks

t o

g e t

around

t o each f o r a s e r v i c e and still be a t th e European

s e r v i c e

each Lord s Day. Before

the

end of t h i s year , we w i l l

have covered most every p l a c e . The p o t e n t i a l

i s

much g r e a t e r

t h a n

I had a n t i c i p a t e d ;

and,

the

s i t u a t i o n

i s

more

ready

fo r

a f u l l

leadership

t r a i n i n g program than I had even hoped .

G e t t i n g

S e t t l e d

We a r e now s e t t l e d i n a r e n t e d h o u s e and I

have

a

temporary o f f i c e

i n

the

European

Church b u i l d i n g .

Our

F l a t

c a r

and

the Ford four wheel drive

pick

up

t ruck

are now 4 years

old ,

but the

pick-up

has

been

made

l ike

new with

mechanical r e p a i r s

t i r e s and a p a i n t job. The l i t t l e 4

cyl inder

F i a t car may hold

up for a t ime, but

both

vehicles were

on

bush

roads a l l the

t ime,

and one

c a n t e x p e c t

much

when

you

c o n s i d e r

t h e

r o a d s .

It

i s

r e a l l y

a

wonder

t h a t

v e h i c l e s

h o l d up a t

a l l .

Only

one

breakdown

has

happened

w it h t h e

Ford. I t

had

been checked

a l l over ;

however ,

on a

journey t o the Mt. Darwin

a r e a some 200 m i l e s

away

where we were v i s i t i n g 2 churches, a l l

of a sudden the f r o n t wheels d i d n t respond

to

the s t e e r i n g wheel

so

well .

At

f i r s t

I thought it was the Nutt behind the

wheel.

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With Central

Afr ica Mission , Churches of

Christ


7/7

V/itnessing

To

Rhodesia

- 2 - December, 1969

b u t

it

t u r n e d

o u t t h a t

t h e

4 b o l t s had

b r o k e n

on t h e f r o n t l e f t

p a r t of the

steer ing mechanism.

Dale

and I wired i t

together

and

then

crept

very slowly

back

to

the

highway where

Helen

and

Linda

m e t

u s w i t h a n o th e r vehicle

The

children

are

set t led

in school and

by

the time you

get

t h i s

the school year wil l be over.

Karolyn

has learned that

the hair hanging over the

forehead

is not bangs,

but

a fringe .

Since

this

is

Karolyn

and Tommy s

f i r s t

experience

at

a

Rhodesian

Public School, they

will learn

many more things

both in

and out

ofL^ the classroom.

Lynda_ i s _only

3^,_^o

_ahe

heJLpjs

_mQthar_ at

h o m e .

S l i d e

S e t Soon

Ready

In

January a

slide set

will

be

available

of

our

trip

over ,

as w e l l as a

little

o f

the

v/ork h e r e .

t

w i l l

be

a

s h o r t

one with 23 sl ides, but

i t

wil l be

easy then

to work into one of

your regular

s e r v i c e s . Soon a f t e r

t h a t

a f u l l

s e t

on the work

in

this

area

will also

be

available

both from our forwarding agents

a n d M i s s i o n

S e r v i c e s .

Prom

the

length of t h i s l e t t e r I think I d

best be

signing

off

for

this month. Next month we ll

give

you

particulars

of

the leadership

training

program, and the filmstrips which are

even now b e i n g p l a n n e d and f i l m e d .

Have a wonderful season, and may God richly bless you

with

your needs

fo r

each

day.

Your

Brother

i n C h r i s t

Ziden

L. Nutt and

family

Greet ings

From The Forward ing Agents

I t

is

a joy to

greet

you as another year draws

near,

to

express

our

thanks

and appreciation

to each

of you,that

are

sharing

in the spreading of the Gospel to those

in

a

far away

land.

Youi?

personal greetings

from

time to time are a blessing to us.

Through

them

we .come to

appreciate more and more

the joy there

is

in Christ

Thank you for your concern for the: lost;

and may

the love

Of

Christ

abide i n

your

hearts both now. and forever more.

. When

Christ

was born the world

rejoiced

And souls were l i f t e d high; -

May.this joy .be

yours

a t

Christmas

^

And as

New Year s

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